[Mapserver-users] WMS-GetMap problem in 4.0 (works in 3.6.6)

[Daniel Morissette]

Frieso ter Haseborg wrote:
> 
> Okay, so if I access a mapfile with local layers not working with that
> template-stuff only performing getMap, no temp-files are needed and the
> output is directly served to the clients browser - so IMAGEPATH isn't
> used at all. 
> On accessing a mapfile with wms-layer beside local layers the
> wms-layer-image is temporary saved with the *.tmp-extension in IMAGEPATH
> - so now the folder IS used.
> 

Correct.

> So imagepath is only used when working with html-templates or wms-layers
> in the mapfile. Correct?
> 

More or less correct.  There may be more cases where the IMAGEPATH 
directory may be used, like when using MapScript or when using the WFS 
client connections (same reasons as for WMS client).

Daniel
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